12 h. ago HMRC phishing scam rises to £49m as MPs criticise ‘unacceptable’ delay

Approximately 100,000 taxpayers were affected by an ‘organised crime’ incident which started last year

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4 d. ago HMRC letter sent to 100,000 UK residents after 'data violation'

HMRC is contacting anyone affected after an "organised crime" incident saw 100,000 people's tax accounts targeted

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5 d. ago Young Scots groomed by gangsters to carry out crimes due to 'reduced risk' of being jailed

The SNP Government has been accused of failing to tackle organised crime after two notorious Scots gangsters were gunned down in Spain.

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5 d. ago Drug dealer who benefited by £125,000 ordered to pay back just £42,000

Christopher Heaney, 48, was a member of an organised crime gang which was brought down by the arrest of Steven Creasey, 67, from Cardiff, who was stopped by police in Scotland

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6 d. ago Gangland feud whistleblower says "cancer of organised crime" allowed to fester

Former Glasgow City councillor Billy McAllister believes the current violence involving the rival Lyons and Daniel families could have been avoided when he first raised concerns with the authorities in 2000.

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6 d. ago HMRC loses £47million to major fraud that saw organised criminals 'masquerading' as 100,000 taxpayers to extract rebates from government

Facing MPs HMRC 's chief executive JP Marks said around 100,000 people were affected by an operation mounted by 'organised crime.

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6 d. ago Six arrested in dawn raids on suspicion of smuggling hundreds of migrants into UK to work in care homes

An alleged organised crime boss was among those apprehended

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7 d. ago Six arrested on suspicion of smuggling hundreds of migrants into UK to work in care homes

An alleged organised crime boss was among those apprehended in a series of dawn raids on Tuesday

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7 d. ago Inside Scots Lyons family 'turf war' after gangland pair gunned down in Spanish bar

The Lyons are an infamous crime organisation who have been waging a bloody feud with the Daniels clan for the past two decades, from drug traffickings to shootings

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7 d. ago Spanish mayor demands more police to tackle organised crime after shootings of Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jr

Mayor Ana Mula wants to “reinforce” collaboration between local and national police forces following the fatal shootings of Ross Monaghan, 43, and Eddie Lyons Jnr, 46.

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1 week ago Drugs bust sees six arrested during joint operation with organised crime

Five men and a woman were due to appear in court on Friday.

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1 week ago Gangland feud timeline as key incidents turn Glasgow and Edinburgh streets into warzone

We look at some of the key incidents thought to involve drug lords including Mark Richardson and Dubai-based so-called Mr Big, Ross McGill as well as the Daniel and Lyons crime clans.

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2 w. ago Drug gangs 'grooming' young Brits with proven tactic as they flock to 'booming' Golden Triangle

Organised crime expert Nathan Paul Southern says the spate of British young people getting arrested for drug smuggling is no coincidence as Southeast Asia's booming drugs production overtakes the rest of the world

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2 w. ago Gangland feud operation name announced by top cop as arrest numbers hit 35

Chief Constable Jo Farrell said 35 people have been arrested in the Glasgow and Edinburgh regions, 14 stolen vehicles recovered and 3,000 hours of CCTV footage reviewed.

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3 w. ago Bella Culley's dad makes an incredible pledge for her freedom amid cartel fears

The father of 18-year-old Bella Culley, the British teen arrested in Georgia with 14kg of cannabis and hashish, has pledged to remain in the country "as long as it takes" to help his daughter — as organised crime experts warn UK backpackers may be in the sights of Thai drug gangs.

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3 w. ago Prison governor jailed after taking £12k Mercedes from drug gang lover she let out early

Kerri Pegg, 42, swapped her Honda Jazz for a £12,000 Mercedes C class car, paid for by 34 kilos of amphetamines by Anthony Saunderson, a major organised crime boss, who is now serving 35 years behind bars.

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3 w. ago Home attacked on mob boss Mark Richardson's street as gang war explodes

A home on the same Edinburgh street as crime boss Mark Richardson’s family has been targeted in the latest escalation of Scotland’s brutal gangland feud.

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last month The two cities battling for UK gang supremacy: How Liverpool and London's criminal underworld's compare

EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline draws on testimony from organised crime experts and former police officers to paint a picture of organised crime in Liverpool and London.

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